Improvement in horse-rakes



QD\ m stili gtblitvil i@ -tant @anni @tina NICHOLAS SEL'BY, OF FLORA, ILLINOIS.

' Leners Para; No. 83,326, am 00am 2o, 1864s.

:IMPROVEMENT -m House-RAKES.

To all 107mm t may concern 'Be it known that I, NICHOLAS Sunny, of Flora, in l the county of Clay, and State of Illinois7 have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had `to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Y l Figure 1 is a section of my improved rake, through the line a: :cof iig. 2.

Figure 2 isa plan view of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention is designed as an improvement upon a rake patented byJ. C. and E. D. Turner, of Bridget port, Lawrence county, Illinois, in August of 1867.

The improvement consists in providing a balanced or sulky-i'rame, which is 'pivoted on two draught-wheels, and provided with a hinged frame, which supports the revolving rake, nothing new being claimed in the construction of the rake itself.

By reference to the drawings, the sulky-frame aa a is balanced on the wheels b b, by means of axles b b',

. projecting from the said frame.

A tongue, B, is aixed to the frame wa. a, byl means of hounds q q and staples t t, or other suitable fastenmgs.

'Ihe revolving rake consists of the rectangular frame g h fi, having two rows of teeth, e e e, 85e., f f f, projecting from the frame, in opposite directions, as shown.

.This rake revolves uponthe rod j, the ends of which latter are aiixed in the hinged frame c c c c. v

The trip-stick u is pivoted to the front of the frame a', and is provided .with a notch, o, to catch the horizontal parts g `and h of the'rake, and holdthe same until a suflicient quantity of hay is gathered, when the `trip-stick is raised, by pressing upon the footy, which operation lifts the notch 'rom the rake, and permits the latter to be revolved backward, by the friction of the lower teeth, and the hay collected against them,

which revolution brings theupper teeth in contact with the ground, and the friction causes the rake to conipletc the revolution, bringing the lately-iilled teeth te l the top, to be stoppcdby the trip-stick notch, as before. The trip-stick is actuated downward, by means of a spring, w, one end of which is aixed tothe front ot" the frame c ar a, and the other isv formed with a slot, which encloses a stud, hzm'ng a head, to keep the tripstick and spring in contact. l

. der ahool, a', and the frame a a a, and holds the frame .c c c and the rake in the raised position.

A is the drivers seat, supported by the iron braces Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl y 1. The arrangement of the hinged frame c, carrying the revolving rake within the rectangular balanced frame a a al a, all constructed and combined to operate substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. The notched trip-stick u fr, when hinged to the front cross-bar of the frame a, and combined Witha spring, w, whereby said stick a is actuated downward, and held in contact with the rake-head, as herein shown and described.

3. The described arrangement of the pivoted lever vk, link l, and stirrup-link n, with relation to the rectangular balanced frame a and hinged rake-frame c, as herein shown, for the purpose set forth.,

' NICHOLAS SELBY. Witnesses:

J. F. HEAP, W. S. ROBINSON.

A lever, it, pivoted to an upright, m, arising from the 

